The Year In Pictures

Here are some of my favorite pictures from 2013.  Enjoy!

 Lady Gaga in concert, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO (February)

 Building a snowman (March)

 Me in Montana (May)

 Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules in St. Louis (May)

 LL Cool J at the Kings of the Mic Tour, Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO (June)

 The Go-Go's in concert, The Pageant in St. Louis (June)

 Rams Fest at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis (August)

 With Christy Hemme at the Impact Wrestling taping at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO (September)

With Mick Foley after his comedy show at the Funny Bone, St. Louis, MO (November)

Beyonce's New Album

After all of the hype and excitement over Beyonce's new "surprise" album (and due to the magic of a Best Buy gift card), I finally got around to purchasing it.  There are 14 new songs and 17 videos.  But as that old lady in the memes says "ain't nobody got time for that".  So this review will be based on the one song and two videos that I actually listened to and watched.

Based on those songs I've listened to/watched, this album appears to be a concept album.  And that concept is "Beyonce Has A Big Booty".  Because it's everywhere.  On the booklet cover (isn't she above this?  What is she-- Britney Spears circa 1999?) and co-starring in all of the videos (okay, in two of them.  At least).  And mind you, I'm not complaining, but as an international entertainment journalist, I have to point these things out.

The song "Blow" is catchy.  I think it's about something salacious, but I'm trying not to think about that right now.  The video for that song is kind of 70's retro and features Beyonce roller skating.  I may watch this again.  Yeah, it was that good.  The video for "Pretty Hurts" features our heroine in a beauty pageant as Miss Third Ward.  Harvey Keitel inexplicably makes a cameo in the middle of it.  I thought I was high, but he was really in it.  You would think he would be working on Pulp Fiction 2 or something.  The video was about the value that our society places on beauty and the ramifications.  And it's really a thought provoking piece.  Okay, not really.  I was looking at her ass.  As you will too.

So there you have it.  Based on the song and the two video clips, I give it a thumbs up.  With further listens or even the most preliminary analysis, this could of course all change.  Hope this helped!

Daniel Bryan Video

Too bad they didn't have time to air this great Daniel Bryan video on Monday.  Then again, I can kinda understand-- they had to make time for that "hilarious" Elvis sock puppet:

Fresh Prince Reunion

Check out this clip of Will Smith and company from the Graham Norton Show.  Carlton is fantastic.

The Observer Gets Its Props

Here's a great article in the New York Times about my favorite publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (I've been a proud subscriber since 1993).  I remember getting my first issue in college and skipping class to read it because I was so fascinated.  Also, because it was a science class.  Anyway, a great newsletter and quite often the highlight of my week.  Read the article here.

Diamond Dave Talks Wrestling

1. It's David Lee Roth.
2. Apparently he has a podcast.
3. He's talking wrestling.
4. That suit.
5. Enjoy!

Jenna Is Expecting

Soooooo...... none of you loyal readers out there didn't feel the need to tell me that my news crush, Jenna Wolfe, was a lesbian?  First Ellen, now this?




Seriously, congrats to the happy couple!